As a young police officer, Matt Sikes made a mistake which led to the killing of a young nurse by a serial killer. Now, the murderer is back with reporter Burns creating headlines out of his killings.

original airdate--February 26,1990 rating--5.1 million

"That was the scene in California's Mojave Desert five years ago--our historic first view of the Newcomers' ship. Theirs was a slave ship, carrying a quarter million beings, bred to adapt and labor in any environment. But they'd washed ashore on Earth, with no way to get back to where they came from. And in the last five years, the Newcomers have become the latest addition to the population of Los Angeles."